The SJ CSRA CC of Aiken, SC meets on the 1st Thursday of the month at the Aiken Public Library CSRA Coin Club of Aiken P.O. Box 11 New Ellenton, SC 29809 Pres. Steve Kuhl Web site: www.sjcsracc.org V .P. Pat James Sec. Jim Mullaney Programs: Pat James ANA Rep.: Glenn Sanders Treas. Chuck Goergen Show Chairman: Steve Kuhl Sgt. in Arms: Jim Sproull Photos: Steve Kuhl Publicity: Pat James Newsletter: Arno Safran E-Mail:
[email protected] Auctioneer: Jim Sproull Web site: Susie Nulty (see above.) Volume 17, No. 12 the Stephen James CSRA Coin Club, Founded in 2001 December, 2018 Monthly Newsletter Our annual pre Xmas dinner party is Wed., Dec. 5 at the Red Pepper Grille in Aiken 2018 Best Year for members’ presentations of Show & Tells and programs 2018 Club Meeting Schedule The Collectible US Coins of 1838- (180 Years Ago) Jan. 4 Apr. 5 July 5 Oct. 4 By Arno Safran Feb. 1 May 3 Aug. 2 Nov. 1 1838 Coins- Obv: Top: 50¢ and two 25¢s; Bottom: 10c, 5c & 1c Mar. 1 June 7 Sept. 6 Dec. 5 [Magnify to 200% to see details more clearly.] __ Since its inception, our club has always been special because the members who formed the club back in March-April of 2001 were determined to highlight the educational aspects of numismatics over merely acquisition. When the editor attended his first meeting in November of that year, he was treated to an outstanding program on Collecting the Tokens of South Carolina. by Tony Chibbaro, a former President of the SCNA Having been a collector of US Hard Times Tokens over the years, one could identify with this aspect of numismatics referred to as Exonumia, the Collecting of tokens, medals and scrip (a form of paper money not issued by the government).